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Informal Letters

Q.1. Write a letter to a friend describing how you propose to spend your holidays after the HSLC examination.

Or, Write a letter to your friend/cousin telling him/her what you intend to do after the HSLC Examination.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

As you know, our HSLC Examination will begin from 19th February and continue upto 9th March. After the examination, I will have ample time for travelling and sight-seeing. So, as soon as the examination is over, I have proposed to spend the holidays in my uncle’s house in Kolkata. There are various monuments and places to see in Kolkata such as Victoria Memorial, Vidyasagar Setu, Howrah Bridge, Botanical Garden, Birla Planetarium etc. I do hope you will accompany me. We will have great fun there. Kindly reply to this letter as soon as possible.

Yours,

Q.2. Write a letter to your friend inviting him/her to a picnic party arranged after the H.S.LC. Pre-Final Examination is over.

Or, You have arranged a picnic with your friend. Write a letter to another friend inviting him/her to join you in the picnic.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

As you know, our HSLC Pre-Final Examination will begin from 5th December and continue upto 13th December . Some of my friends and I have proposed to arrange a picnic party to Bhalukpong after the HSLC Examination is over. So, I request you to join us and make the tour enjoyable. We have decided to start at 6 a.m. on 25th December. We will reach there at around 11 a.m.. The picnic spot is picturesque. I am sure you will like it. Please do inform me about your decision as quickly as possible.

Yours,

Q.3. Write a letter to your friend about your favourite hobby.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

I am writing this letter to let you know that I have developed an enjoyable hobby since the past six months. I maintain some scrapbooks for newspaper cuttings. I cut the articles and headlines I like and paste on the scrapbook everyday. I categorise the cuttings as “editorial”, “politics”, “literature”, “headlines”, “articles” etc and paste them on respective scrapbooks. Whenever I get time, I open the scrapbooks and read them. This hobby has greatly increased my general knowledge. I suggest you develop this hobby. By the way, if you have any particular hobby, please don’t forget to let me know.

Yours,

Q.4. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about your daily life.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

I am writing this letter to share with you how I spend my daily life. My daily lifestyle is very simple. But it is balanced, in my view. I get up very early in the morning and sip some tea. Then I go out for morning walk. After returning, I go out for tuition in Maths. When I get home, I sit down for some studies until 8:30 am. Then I take bath and go for school. After the school is over, I take lunch and go out for playing. At about 6 pm I sit for studying and continue till 9 pm. Then I watch TV and have meal. After that I study a little more and go to bed. This is my daily life. I hope you shall share yours too.

Yours,

Q.5. Write a letter to one of your friends requesting him/her to lend you a book. Mention what the book is, why you need it and how long you want to keep it.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

The purpose of my writing this letter to you is that I want to request you to lend me the book “Wings of Fire” by Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. I noticed it in your book shelf last time when I had gone to your home. As my father says, it is a wonderful book written by …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Q.6. Write a letter to your friend requesting him/her to come to your home and stay a week at your home after the HSLC Pre-Final Examination.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

I am busy these days studying for the oncoming HSLC Pre-Final Examination to start from 2nd November. I hope you are also studying in full swing. After the examination is over, please come to our home and stay a week. We will have great fun together. We will visit the nearby historical monuments together. We will also play volleyball and cricket in the afternoons. I hope you will comply with my request.

Yours,

Q.7. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her how you have prepared for the HSLC Examination.

Or, Write a letter to your father telling him about your preparation for the HSLC Examination.

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Dear Papa,

Please accept my regards and love. I am well by the grace of the Almighty. How is mom? Please convey my regards to my mom and love to my brothers.

(Or,

Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.)

As you know, our HSLC Pre-Final Examination has just got over. I have fared well in all the subjects. I have got highest marks in English and lowest marks in Maths. So I have decided to focus on Maths. I am doing sums almost three hours a day. Besides, I am finding out the uncommon and critical questions from the test papers on all subjects. Now, as I no longer need to go to school, I have increased my study time from 7 hours to 11 hours a day. I write down the answers again after memorizing. I am also taking care of health and taking nutritional foods. Please pray for me so that I may show outstanding results. Take care.

Or, Write a letter to your friend telling him/her how you spent the last Puja holidays.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

The Puja holidays have finally come to an end. It had started on 20th October and ended on 24th October. I am surprised that these four days have passed all of a sudden amid fun and frolic. On the day of “Saptami”, I went out along with my close friends to visit the decorated Puja pendals across the town. We ate delicacies at various restaurants. The next day, we went out for an outing along the banks of Brahmaputra. On the next day, we had some shopping at big shopping malls. On the day of …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

Recently, I got the opportunity to witness a football match between Donbosco School, Guwahati and Christ Jyoti School, Nagaon at Nurul Amin Stadium in Nagaon town. Both the teams were equally strong. The referee blew the whistle at 11 a.m. sharp and the match started. In the first half Donbosco School dominated. They could easily penetrate the defence of the opposition team but could score only a goal because of the extraordinary performance of the referee of Christ Jyoti School. In the second half, Christ Jyoti School played aggressively. They scored a goal just before the final blow of whistle. Now the match became drawn and had to be settled with a tie-breaker. In the tie-breaker, the Donbosco School team took the lead and won the match. The match was really exciting.

Yours,

Q.10. Write a letter to a friend describing the good book you have read recently.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

Today I want to inform you about a very inspiring book I have read recently. I am sure you will like it too. The book is “I am Malala” written by Malala Yousafzai. As you know, she is a daring young girl from the Swat Valley in Pakistan who had the courage to defy the Talibans and got shot by them. They shot her for propagating education for girls. But she miraculously survived. She wrote about her ethnicity, the customs of her community, the increased worsening of condition in Pakistan, her efforts to change it, and the incidents around her getting shot in a school bus and coming round in Birmingham, UK. She is now a symbol of peace and courage. She has got the prestigious Nobel Prize for Peace in 2014. Her book is really inspiring. Take time to read it.

Yours,

Q.11. Your friend has invited you to go to his house during the Puja vacation. Now you write a letter to him/her stating your inability to go because your Test Examination will be held after the Durga Puja.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

I received your letter last Wedndesday. But I was too busy to reply at that time. I express my heartfelt thanks for inviting me to your house during the Puja Holidays. But, as you know, my Test Examination is drawing near. It will be held just after the Durga Puja. This examination is very important for me because it will give me an idea of the pattern of questions in Matriculation Examination. So I am very busy these days preparing for the Test Examination. So I have decided not to visit your house this time. I request you to excuse me. But I will surely visit you after the Matriculation Examination.

Yours,

Q.12. Write a letter to your friend describing a historical place you have visited.

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Dear friend ………… ,

I hope you are well by the grace of the Almighty. I am well too. Please convey my regards to your parents. It’s been long since I received your last letter. So I have thought of writing this letter.

I am so excited to tell you about my visit to Delhi in an educational excursion last week. Delhi has a rich historical background. It was named “Indraprastha” by Pandavas and remained the capital of Hindu kingdoms for thousands of years. The Muslim kings also made it their capital. It has many historical buildings …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………